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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-02-27
MRS. CLEVELAND.

An Awfnlly Superior Sample of the Sex, Who
Would Be Invaluable to Any Statesman.
Special to the Indianapolis Journaa.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 26.-''Well, have had a
whirl of it this winter" said Mrs. Cleveland to
some friends this week, referring to the eayetes
of society, ''but have had the most charming
time of my life."
Surely Mrs. Cleveland has withstood the or
deal imposed upon her better than any lady who
has occupied the White House, and surely she
has had a buster season of it from the day of her
marrisge than any of her predecessors. It has
been one continual swim on the very crest of the
wave, and she looks as fresh and sweet as on the
day she left her maidenhood and entered the Sc
robustness of the life che leads. Mrs McElroy
may have have had great demands upon her dur
ing the last few weeks she presided at the social
events for her brother. President Arthur but
they were nothing in comparison with what
Mrs Cleveland has had. The latter has been
vexed to Gull from the many drafts made upon
her time those which would inure most to her
own comfort and the advancement of her hus-
bands official and political situation.
II have been told" said Mrs. Cleveland, ''that
there has been quite as much doing in the socie
ty Of our house and the Cabinet, and our friends
AS there was in those of our predecessors. Ii
we have been credit to ourselves am pleased.
for it has been my ambition to show that we are
not selfish, and that we want to do what is
proper. l never had better health in my life.
and feel quite as young as on the day when
entered the White House. AS for Mr.. Cleve-
land, don't know" Struggling her shoulders.
what he thinks about it. He just works right
ahead on his official business like mechanic at
his bench. He WAS good deal averse to the So
cial acts imposed upon him at first, but he seems
to wade through it now though it was duty
and sometimes / think he really enjoys, and
would miss it IL it were at an end"
The ladies who frequent Mrs. Cevelands par
lors and talk to her in more or less confidential
way say that the artlessness which character
| lied her entry into the White House has taken
| the form of diplomatic cunning and that if the
President does not receive good deal Of sensi-
| bic advice from his wife about politics and mat
| tiers of State, they will be greatly disappointed.
They say she is the best absorber of pu bile opin-
| ion Of any lady in the circle Of the Cabinet She
sees everything, hears everything. and if she is
| like most women. she reports to her husband all
i that will be of advantage to him. Undoubtedly
Mrs. Cleveland is playing an important part in
the events which are making up the future OF
| the President, and which will lead him to sue
| cess or defeat next year She is young and in
| experienced. but those who know her best say
| she has good discernment and is the most apt
| pupil in political economy and matters Of state
| they have ever seen.
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Iremier is more confident Of being able 70 retnrr
s 20 rarliament with Home-rule majority in the
event or another election. :. sA'
THE OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

covering the Bodies OF the Dead-The
Fright of the Pleasure-seekers.
LONDON Feb. 26-Twenty thousand persons
have already fed from Nice.
Ahree more shocks of earthquake were felt at
rorh IN the province of Campo Basso yesterday.
Inc bodies OF twenty-four persons killed by
the earthquake on Wednesday have been taken
from the ruins in Diano- Marine. and II is known
that l64 are yet under the fallen buildings. Al
most tne entire population Of Dano- Marine is
encamped on the seashore.
Anree hundred communes were visited by the
ear'nquake, and as yet reports of the casualties
nave been received from but sixty
Che Pope has sent 81, 600 for relief of sufferers.
Monte Carlo, it is found suffered Less from
the effects of the shocks than any other place.
scientists say this is due to the fact that Monte
Carlo is built on rock. Tho hotels there are
crowded to their utmost limit by the sudden and
enormous rush to the city of thousands Of the
pieasure-seekers frightened away from the Rivi-
era. especially from Cannes, Nice, Mentone and
San Keno, all of which were thronged with Wis
ltors when the earthquakes came. The weather
at Monte Carlo is beautiful. and refugees from
the shattered towns who have recovered from
their fright are making the most of it. The har-
Dor Is filled with yachts. An enormous influx of
iugltives from the Reviera has Invaded Mar.
settles, and the hotels and lodging houses are
crowded Eight thousand persons arrived there
| on Thursday and Friday
Inc theater at Nice reopened tonight and con
| certs were resumed in the public gardens The
college has been reopened A few timid per
sons remain encamped outside the city.
Large crevices have developed In tho cemetery
| at Mentono since the earthquakes, and thu
cnpola on the cathedral and tho vault Of thu
White Penitents' chapel have fallen. Astrono
mer Roberts says the danger from seismic dis
| turbances has passed.
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SENATOR MALONE.
Peculiarities Of the Picturesque and Plucky |
Son of Old Virginia.

Peculiarities of the Picturesque and Plucky
Son of Old Virginia.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26.-It has frequently
been remarked Of late that Senator Malone,
the famous Readjuster Of Virginia. has aged
very greatly and become attenuated during the
past two years. Senator Malone is scarcely
more than five feet and half in height, and at
best but tits the beam at one hundred, yet it is
stated that he has come under that weight since
his abors in the last campaign in the Old
Dominion. His hair, which is heavy usually,
has thinned considerably on the crown Of his
head and has whitened a great deal, while his
long, full beard has grown three quarters gray.
Few men before the public have had more
thrilling lives than this game little Senator.
His whole connection during the late war; when
he so gallanily led the confederates to conquest
and contributed so largely of money, and time.
and peril TO the Of cause he has
since devoted himself TO eradicate, is intensely
thrilling His political campaigns have been
fully as exciting rs those he conducted
during the war Although he was defeated at
the polls in The last two fights he led he is not
yet conquered. and declares he will come to the
front again and return to the Senate. A few
years ago Senator Malone was pretty harsh to
those who came in contact with him, but his in
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SENATOR ALLISON.
Something About a Man Who Is Sometimes
Mentioned for the Presidency.

Mentioned for the Presidency.
specia! to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, Feb Ex-senator Allison, of
Iowa, who is very frequently and favorably
mentioned as the Republican presidential candi-
date next year. has been referred to by his col
leagues of late as one who has aged consider.
ably during the past two or three years. The
observation has been made through misappre
hension. Senator Allison will be fifty nine
years old on the 14.h OF next month, and is
probably the best preserved man of his age in
all Congress. He is about FIVE feet ten in
height. weighs probably 1875 pounds, wears a
beard that is full, excepting on the lip, which is
shaved, and, although it is closely cropped.
there is but little white in it. His hair is
lightly sprink,ed with silver, and his only dssi-
patton is in smoking cigars He is temperate in
habits, but does not make temperance hobby,
so that he is popular with all MISUNDERSTANDING
people, as well as the most strict in creed.
There is no man in the Senate
who does more business than Mr.. ALI
son, not excepting Mr. Sherman who is
President pro tempore. Mr.. Allison is chairman
of the committee on appropriations. which has
the greatest amount of routine, as well as eener-
al work, of any Of the committees. All of the
work has his personal supervision, and 1t would
not be strange if the cares which devolve upon
him caused him to wrinkle his brow and look lit
tie aged at times Of all the man IN Congress am
compelled to visit daily for information and OH
ciai favor none is found who maintains his good
nature so uniformly as Mr. Allison. He Is never
| impatient or impetu0us, and the members OF his
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What the Reyiera IL,

Pittsburg Chronicle
The shocks were felt along the northern
shore of the Mediterranean all the way from
Marseilles to Rome, q distance of five hundred
miles. The Riviera. as the center of this stretch
of coast line is called, is divided into two parts
that to the west of Genoa being called the
Riviera di Ponente, and that on the east the
Riviera di Levan!e. The Apennines lie to the
northward and eastward of this tract, which
is famous throughout the civilized world for
its delightful climate Here are situated
some of the most celebrated water
ing places in Europe. Among those in the
Riviera di Ponente are Nice, Cannes, Monaco,
and Bordighera, while places of less note are
EentiniglIa, Savona, Mentone, San Reno, and
Onegia. Genoa is at the top OF the Gulf Of
Genoa, and the two Rivieras meet there. In tho
cas- tern, Riviera di Levante, are Chiavari
Levanto, Massa and Spezia. while at its south
easterly extremity the Arno flows into the Lii
gurian sea. Some of the other places men
toned, such as Pavis, in the direction of
Milan, and are not. strictly speaking, in the
Riviera. The earthquake appears to have
been most disastrous in the section to the west
of Genoa. Along the top Of the precipitous
cliffs which line this portion of tie coast runs
the famous Route de la Corniche, magnificent
highway which better known in the days of
diligences than since the introduction Of more
modern means of conveyance.
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The Price of Coke.

PlTrsBURs, Feb 26-It is probable that within
the next few days the members of the coke syn
dicate will reduce the price of coke to ST. 70 per
ton. The recent increase to 81 has been fol-
lowed by great dissatisfaction among furnace
men and numerous struggles among coke syndi
cate members. The furnace men are, one by
one. refusing to buy coke and using anthracite
in its stead. This has, within the last few days
reduced thu demand for coke considerably, so
much so that the coke works are all overstocked,
Notwithstanding Morewood, one of the largest
works, is smut down. As a result the coke
operators are becoming very anxious about the
situation A prominent member of the coke
syndicate, referring to the demands of the>work-
men for 20 per cent advance said: 1--WE have
made minds up on the question. If our
workmen resolve to come out strike on
March ] we will employ Others to take their
places on March 2. | think we will be supported
by public opinion in our action. One thing is
certain, we will not pay an advance of 20 per
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A HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Six Boys Buffeted and Crushed to Death Be.
tween the Cars Of Two Flying Trains.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
EAsroN, P, Feb. 26.-Six boys were killed on
the Lehieh Valley road, near the chain dam,
about three miles from here, this afternoon, by
q passenger train. Their names are Walter
Walter son Of Silas Walter, aged twelve;
Walter Heath, aged fifteen, son of Conductor
Heath. of the Easton street-car line; Walter
Pearce, aged twelve, of engineer Dick
Pearce. Of the Jersey Central road John Gregg.
aged fifteen; Charles Boustein, aged fifteen
and Manning CARTS, aged twelve There
we're seven in the party, and all lived
in Easton. They left town this morning
and walked to Chain dam, to hunt muskrats.
They started for home about l o'clock, and
walked in the center of the down track. in pairs.
A coal train came along, and while it was pass
ing them on short curve the passenger
train came along and struck them. Six
of the party were knocked either between
the track OF against the sides Of the cars Of the
coal train. The seventh boy, Harry Pearce. was
struck by his brother. and knockedf from the track
unsniured The passenger train was stopped
and backed to where the bodies lay. Manning
CARTS was still alive, but died after he and his
dead companions arrived here. All the bodies
were placed in small building near the depot.
The skulls of all the boys were crushed and man
gled
The engineer Of the passenger train said: II
left Bethlehem seven minutes late, and WAS run
ming at reduced speed on account of the blind
ing snow storm, which prevented me from see
an. ANYTHING on the track. knew nothing
aho,t the accident until my fireman called 10 TIE
70 stop that had just struck lot of men. he
supposng that they were men employed on the
| track"
| An inquest was held this evening and the EN-
ployes of the railroad company We're exonerafed
from all blame. The accident occurred on
sharp curve. in binding Storm which pre-
vented the engineer from seeing the boys and
the bows from seeing the train, while the roar o.
the freight train prevented them from nearing
the other one.
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The Appropriation Bills in Such Shape that 1t
Will Be Almost Impossible to Complete
Them During the Time Remaining.
A Chapter Concerning that Wonderfully
Superior Woman, Mrs. Cleveland.
The Hard Working and Useful Allison, and the
Picturesque and Plucky Mahone-Why Oh.
jector Holman Has Ceased to Object.
EXTRA SESSION TALK.


Public Business Far In Arrears, and an Extra
Session Almost Inevitable.
WASHINGTON. Feb. 26-Despite the wish of
the President and of members Of both houses of
Congress to avoid the necessity for called
session Of the two houses, or a
special session OF the Senate, the opin-
ion is entertained today that matters in respect
to the appropriation bills are rapidly drifting
into position if, indeed. they have not already
reached it, which will make called session inev
table Mr.. Allison says that in all his service in
both houses he has never known such state OF
oackwardness in regard to the appropriation
bills, and for this condition of things he declares
that neither the Senate nor its committee on
appropriations is in any way responsible Mr..
Beck. member of the Senate appropriations
committee, declares his belief that it will be i'm
possible, during the remaining days of this ses-
sion, to finish the appropriation bills
The matter of appointments and confrmations
duce called session.
Tho opinions respecting the Presidents power
to appoint the interstate-commerce commission
ers during recess Of the Senate are widely
variant Mr.. Edmunds, Mr.. Pugh, Mr.. Harris
and other Senators Of prominence declare
without qualification. that the President has nc
shadow Of constitutional or legal right to fill ar
office newly created when the Senate is not il
session to give its advice and consent and that his
power in the matter is limited to filing vacancie.
temporarily which may happen during recess
1t is held that should he do so, they could no
qualify. draw their salaries or legally perform
any duties
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No Change at Mfngo junction.

PiTTsBuRs, Feb. &c The situation of affairs
at Mingo Junction works IS unchanged to-day
Mr. Martin telearaphs that Bailey. who prom
ised to start the works with Knights of Labor
within twenty four hours, has failed to fulfill
his pledge. Mr. Martin says that word has
been sent TO all sections for men to keep away.
He says he will remain. and viii give the exact
situation from time to time. lt is reported that
a petition is being circulated by the citizens OF
Steubenville asking Mr.. Bailey and his friends
to leave town An offer has been made by the
Amalgamated that they will fiie two bonds, ore
for the Knights and the other for the iron com
pany. agreeing not to interfere with any contract
now existing between them.
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O.ropll's Illness Has Not impaired His
Ability to Say Caustic Things,
v,r Weakened His Efficiency as Leader of the
fish party-Further Details of the Ri
yjera Disaster-0ther Gable News.
n,sMARCK's VICTORY.

- rgsct I'm Franco and Its Influence on the
Situation in General.
,rs.,al 70 the INDIANAPOLIS Journal
LONDON, Feb. 26-The European prospects
hare grown perceptibly brighter since Prince
pisma-ck,s victory at the polls on Monday last
vh.,e IS peace in Paris, and Paris is quiet for
,.,c good reasons Of her own. 1t is possibly
.,u. justification of Prince Bismarcks attitude
mat France has received warning to which she
aid some heed. The bellicose tone Of the
r,speh press has ceased; the parade of immense
,o,ces has ceased and the chatter of the party
a reysnchs has been settled. To some extent
his. no doubt, is the result of the menaces.
mare or less direct which have come from Ber-
In II is thoroughly understood that Germany ia
mt a. present az aggressive power. She is for
the status quo. and the power which
"a most likely to seek disturbance of existing
arrangements Is necessarily the nation which
lost Alsace Lorraine. Under the circumstances,
nis only fair that Bismarck should be allowed
10 control to some extent, the bent of a
minority in the French nation towards war,
and II the warlike news from Berlin has 81
fenced the defiant tootings of the French fill
busters no one can have much cause for regret.
But here lire must be drawn. If, as intmated
IN some quarters. Germany is really bent on
forcing conflict because she believes France is
getting dangerously strong, she must count on
having the whole forcc Of European opin.
lon ranged against her. 1t is not be-
Neved in diplomatic circles that Prince
Bismarck is likely to obtain q European decree
for the disarmament of France, and in the alb
seDce of that demand from him for reduction
Of the French army would be Immediately taken
as o casus bell France Is still q frst-class
military power, and there is no article iu the
treaty Of 1871 which compels here to keep hel
ornaments always inferior to those of her con
queror. There is no doubt but that the admin
istrators who since then kave presided at the
French War Office have had the policy Of re-
vanche more or less consistently inSview This
Leere des Patriotes has been we'll represented
In most republican ministries. But. after all
the majority of the French people are peaceablt
and Industrious, and it has been repeatedly
shown that the nation, az whole, does not de
sire war. A campaign begun by Germany on M
better grounds than the purely military reason.
which pitiless strategists of the Moltke typ,
have been urging, would never be Endorsed b,
Europe. 1t could only be the signal for that gen
eral outbreak for which the four great miltar
powers are steadily preparing. A feature of tn
war scare in Germany has been the large nun
Der Of assertions from the German army. Al
manner of excuses were given by soldiers to OF
lain short furloughs, and, when successful, tn
holders of tho leaves of absence left the country
many of them going to America.
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DOCTORING THE PETS.

A Doctor Who Looks After the Ills of Cats
Give Them Plenty of Air and Exercise.
Special TO the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 26-There is a cat doctor
who runs drug store in southwest Washington
who. it is said, ia doing the most thriving prac
tce of any alleviator Of the ills Of the feline and
canine races OF any man in his profession in the
whole country. This physician has the highest
class of callers of any professional man in the
city as only the most aristocratic can afford to
have an expert wait upon their pets. At times
as many as three or four carriages owned by the
most refined and wealthy people at the national
capital, are drawn up in front OF the drug store
and Office, and his business is so large that Gus
toners with their patients have to wait their
turns, like men in barber shops. It is seldom
that man enters the drug store or Office for tho
purpose Of receiving professional call from the
doctor. They are almost invariably women.
People who frequent this place through curl
osity report some very ludicrous scenes For en-
instance, the female head of one of the leading
households of the city called upon the doctor the
other day to get prescription for cat which
had eaten box of pills and was in the throes Of
DEATH 1t took the woman half an hour to de-
scribe the condition of the patient, and required
personal call from the doctor She showed
the greatest distress and nervous excitement,
and ELECTED not little sympathy from those
who saw and heard her. It is doubtful whether
the woman would have been moro troubled had
her husband been on his dying couch. Another
woman was greatly embarrassed in describing
the pains she found her pets in, and in asking
for something to make them want to stay in
doors. The doctor was philosophzing yesterday
to some gentlemen on the general als of cats
and dogs, during which he stated that more
trouble came from lack of fresh air and exex.
else than anything else. He especially depre-
Gated the fact that these household pets were
guarded so closely in the house, and were not
allowed to romp around like children.
Il could NAME" said he. families in this city
that guard as closely their pet cats and dogs as
they do their children. Large numbers of them
have cribs and cradles, and lounges made for
| their pets and cushioned in the most comfort
able manner possible. At one place | visited
recently. found fine old Maltese reclining on
a pillow of down. When l asked for it, for the
purpose of making an eXampation the lady of
the house lifted it as carefully as If it were
| tiny babe. She had delicate spoons and forceps.
and douche to inject medicine into the poor
things ears. There was swab of silk and cot
ton to cleanse its throat, it had had something
| like diphtheria, and when l spoke Of q severe
medicine as the only hope for recovery, she
threw up her hands in that same horror mothers
do when extreme measures are to be resorted to
| to save their infants"